Cumby Robotics Team Qualifies for 2019 VEX State and National Competitions
Team member Kadden Cota explains the playing field and actions that the robots perform According to Ms. Lee Gifford, Robotics coach at Cumby ISD, the award-winning Cumby team will be going to State and National VEX Robotics meets during the Spring of 2019, hoping once again to qualify for the World title. The team earned the right to advance during a meet on Saturday January 26 where 20 teams competed to qualify for only two available...
Miller Grove FFA Skills Team Presents Shop-Made Battering Ram to Rockwall Police SWAT Unit
The Miller Grove FFA Skills Team was happy to assist a community need by building a piece of equipment for an area law enforcement organization. Ag teacher and FFA sponsor Jeffery Gatlin let the students know how their skills could be used in a beneficial way by creating a battering ram for use by a SWAT team in rescue and apprehension. It was built to size, weight and balance specifications using scrap metal on hand and simple welds....
Cumby Trojans Robotics Team Hosts State, National VEX Qualifying Event
Coach Lee Gifford looks on as Ken Chapin and Kadden Cota prepare for competition On Saturday January 26, 2019 the World Champ Cumby ISD Robotics team will host a qualifying event for other Texas high school teams. About 20 teams from nearby and across the state who compete in the VEX Robotic Program competitions will arrive at Cumby High School for the day-long qualifier. Matches will begin at 9am, and spectators are welcome to attend...
New Telemedicine Specialties Available at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs
Holly Ragan, who is Senior Market Development Director at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, announces three new specialties now available through Telemedicine visits at the Sulphur Springs hospital. Persons who are under care for Pulmonology, Neurology and Psychiatry can receive a continuum of care and no longer have to travel out of town for follow-up care. Through Telemedicine visits, these patients can be “seen” by...
Merle Norman Spa Opens With Ribbon Cutting
Owner Gay Bailey cuts the ribbon Gay Bailey is the Beauty Consultant at the Merle Norman Studio, downtown Sulphur Springs. She is happy to be adding a Facial Spa to her cosmetics and hair studio. The spa room was added during late 2018 and will expand the beauty services already being offered at the 212 North Davis Street salon. On January 22, 2-19 the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce grandly opened the facility with a ribbon...
Local Book Club Attends the annual "Girlfriends Weekend" Authors Conference
Bright Star Literary Society President Sharon Feldt and a group of local members met book authors from around the nation at the 20th annual Pulpwood Queen International Book Club Convention at Jefferson, Texas on January 17-19, 2019. Over 100 women gathered for the 3-day conference at the Jefferson Civic Center in the heart of historic downtown to mingle with the authors, hear them in discussion panels and purchase autographed copies...
Winners of Winter “42” Tourney at Seniors Ctr.
First Place Team Garland Hamilton and Dewayne Cozart with Karon Weatherman Lots of people in Hopkins County like to play 42, and the top teams gathered for some friendly competition on Saturday January 19 at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center. There were 29 teams which entered the tournament and the top four places were recognized. Organizer Karon Weatherman sends out a special thanks to volunteers Edith Hankins, Eva Tatum...
Free Tax Aide Program Begins Feb 3 at Wesley UMC
AARP Tax Aide announces Free Tax Return Prep Tuesdays & Saturdays, Feb. 2-April 13, 2019 from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church, 614 Texas Street Items you need to bring when you visit an AARP Foundation Tax-Aide site for us to help you prepare your tax return(s) Previous year’s tax return(s).Social Security cards and/or ITIN notices/cards or other official documentation that show the taxpayer identification...
Local Artist Displaying Western and Wildlife Paintings Around State
Local artist Edgar Sotelo Edgar Sotelo, a long-time resident of the Shirley Community in Hopkins County, is receiving increasing recognition in art circles across the state. About 20 of Sotelo’s Western paintings remain on display in a one-man show through January 2019 at the American Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame and Museum in Amarillo. And this is not his first display at the AQHA Headquarters. He has been the...
Aging Insight: ‘Do It Yourself Will’ Law School Lunch Class
John Ross, Sr. Law Partner of Ross and Shoalmore Elder Law Attys. The approximately 100 persons who attended “Law School Lunch” on January 14, 2019 asked questions and got answers about the importance of having a will to delegate their final wishes. What they learned is that a do-it-yourself will written at home can actually be a valid document if worded properly. They also learned some things not to do when preparing this...
